Bases loaded with all-stars for annual Reckless Kelly Celebrity Softball Jam
By Richard Skanse (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) Just as fans of America’s Favorite Pastime (after watching football on the couch, of course) …
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The United Sounds of Austin Escovedo and friends lovingly survey Austin's musical history
By Lynne Margolis (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) Alejandro Escovedo has conducted musical history tours before, from the stage production By the Hand of the …
Texans take home big Grammy wins
By Lynne Margolis (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) The 56th annual Grammy Awards delivered quite a bonanza to Texas artists, with Lone Star nominees taking …
Black Fret strikes a chord for Austin music
By Lynne Margolis (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) Throughout history, creatives from Shakespeare to Michelangelo to Mozart have relied on the largesse of well-heeled patrons. …
Parker’s Progress Meet Parker Millsap, another young Okie with musical roots on both sides of the Red River and Texas-sized buzz.
By D.C. Bloom (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) Operating on the biblical “the last shall be first” principle that Parker Millsap no doubt heard from …
Benmont Tench gets “Lucky” After decades with Tom Petty, the Heartbreaker finally steps out with an album of his own.
By Lynne Margolis (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) You would think, after spending nearly 40 years as an integral member of Tom Petty & the …
In Profile: Eliza Gilkyson Capturing songs, compassion and empathy by the midnight oil
By Richard Skanse (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) “Oh Eliza, you try so hard …” That’s Eliza Gilkyson, singing to herself in a song she …
A country boy can survive Kevin Fowler gets back to the serious business of having fun by calling his own shots.
By Mike Ethan Messick (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) It’d probably be irresponsible to send too many overeager fans out to Kevin Fowler’s patch of …
LSM Cover Story: Robert Ellis Wayward Son: How Houston kid Robert Ellis jumped the honky-tonk track and found his own way to the light.
By Andrew Dansby (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) Sitting outside Houston’s SugarHill Recording Studios, Robert Ellis looks weary … His eyes are dark and his …
After Awhile: LSM March/April 2014 (Robert Ellis)
Notes from the Editor By Richard Skanse (LSM March/April 2014/vol. 7 – Issue 2) I’ve known Andrew Dansby since college, and I can honestly only think of …
